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CHICAGO — Operators in the South had a sweet February, as year-over-year sales in the region last month were up an average of 10.7%, according to results of this month’s American Coin-Op StatShot survey.

Operators from the Northeast (up average of 6%) and West (up average of 4%) also reported healthy February year-over-year sales.

“We are in a technology boom with a new Google infrastructure adding new jobs,” says one operator in the West.

Midwest operators were the only ones to see a decline in February sales, down an average of 0.5%.

CHICAGO — Coin laundry store owners and operators in the South kicked the new year off with healthy year-over-year sales last month, up an average of 8.0% over January 2014, according to results of this month’s American Coin-OpStatShot survey.

Operators in the West also reported healthy January year-over-year sales gains, up an average of 5.0%, while operators in the Midwest reported only an uptick of 0.4%.

Store owners in the Northeast were the only ones to see a slight dip in January year-over-year sales, down 0.3%.

CHICAGO — Coin laundry owners in the Northeast ended 2014 on a strong note, posting the largest average increase—7.1%—in year-over-year sales in December among all regions, according to results of this month’s American Coin-OpStatShot survey.

December 2014 sales in the South were up an average of 5.9% compared to December 2013. Store owners in the Midwest and West also posted gains, up 3.2% and 1.8% on average, respectively.

CHICAGO — September year-over-year sales for coin laundry operators in the Midwest was up nearly 8%, the largest increase among all regions, according to results of this month’s American Coin-Op StatShot survey.

“We have seen an increase in self-serve customers,” says one operator from the region. “Our wash-and-fold business is steady with increases according to project work at the local oil refinery and pipeline going through Northeast Ohio.”

“Fuel prices are down so customers have more money to spend,” says another operator there.

CHICAGO — August year-over-year coin laundry sales for all regions were up, with store owners/operators in the Midwest posting the strongest gains, up 6.8%, according to the results of this month’s American Coin-Op StatShot survey.

CHICAGO — Sales were heating up for coin laundry stores in the West as operators there posted the strongest year-over-year sales gains among the regions last month, up 4.4%, according to results from this month’s American Coin-Op StatShot survey.

Also posting year-over-year sales growth in July were operators in the Northeast (3.6%, on average), Midwest (2.3%) and South (1.9%).

Tempering its sales increase, the West reported paying the most for utilities last month, with the average cost as a percentage of gross being 30.9%.

CHICAGO — Every region posted year-over-year gains in coin laundry sales in June, with operators in the Northeast seeing the largest increase (6%), according to results from this month’s American Coin-Op StatShot survey.

Operators in the South and West posted similar sales gains, up 4.8% and 4.5%, respectively, while those in the Midwest posted a modest gain of 1.4% over June 2013’s sales.

Second-quarter (April, May and June) sales for Midwest operators were also tepid, up 0.5%, over the same period last year.

CHICAGO — Coin laundry owners in the South posted the strongest year-over-year sales results in the country in May, up an average of 8.5%, according to results of this month’s American Coin-Op StatShot survey.

Store owners in the West trailed close behind, with their May year-over-year sales up 8.3%. Operators in the Northeast and Midwest posted slight gains of 2.5% and 0.5%, respectively.